RT Journal
A1 Mason EE
T1 Sea within: The story of our body fluid
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1961
FD November 1
VO 108
IS 5
SP 806
OP 806
DO 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110146026
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110146026
AB The school year ended, National Board Exams given, summer fellowship medical students started, the day's patients seen, papers to write and a blistering † letter from Editor Bean read asking why I have not turned in this book review, I once again note the beginning of the preface, "Blessed with a number of leisure hours seldom experienced in history, Americans are increasingly curious about the world in which we live." Of course, it is true, and for those lay adults and older children interested in The Story of Our Body Fluid, this is a good place to begin. This general approach reminds one of Homer W. Smith's From Fish to Philosopher: The Story of Our Internal Environment, which, in turn, reminds one of Claude Bernard's, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine. By reading these three books in that order I believe a young medical aspirant could gain a